An airline is offering Brits and Europeans free domestic flights in Japan from this week. All Nippon Airways is offering the free flights to 49 locations to encourage tourists to go to lesser-visited areas in the country after overtourism has hit places Tokyo and Kyoto.

The Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) has teamed up with the airline to deliver these free flights across the airline’s entire regional network. It will run between November 24 and January 31, 2026.

As part of a “Stopover & Add-on Free Fare” offer, eligible economy passengers from the UK and Europe can book up to two free domestic flights on an international booking by January 31. The actual departures of these flights can be booked any time beyond January 31.

It means that if you want to fly to, say, Hiroshima or Okinawa, it won’t cost you anything more than flying out to Tokyo, even with your connecting flights from there. Taxes and fees will still apply for the free flights however and is subject to availability. You can deal through travel agents, ANA offices outside of Japan or directly through ANA.

A record 36.9 million tourists visited Japan in 2024 but less than 10% of them actually visited regional areas – despite 90% of them saying they wanted to. This initiative is to help get people out of the overtourism spots and to see the rest of beautiful Japan.

Japan (Chūbu region)
Komatsu — Komatsu Airport
Nagoya — Chubu Centrair International Airport
Niigata — Niigata Airport
Shizuoka — Shizuoka Airport
Toyama — Toyama Airport
Wajima — Noto Airport

Japan (Chūgoku)
Hiroshima — Hiroshima Airport
Iwakuni — Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport
Okayama — Okayama Airport
Ōnan — Iwami Airport
Tottori — Tottori Airport
Yamaguchi-Ube — Yamaguchi Ube Airport
Yonago — Miho-Yonago Airport

Japan (Hokkaidō)
Asahikawa — Asahikawa Airport
Kushiro — Kushiro Airport
Hakodate — Hakodate Airport
Monbetsu — Monbetsu Airport
Nakashibetsu — Nakashibetsu Airport
Ōzora — Memanbetsu Airport
Rishiri Island — Rishiri Airport
Sapporo — New Chitose Airport
Wakkanai — Wakkanai Airport

Japan (Kansai region)
Kobe — Kobe Airport
Osaka — Kansai International Airport — Hub
Itami Airport — Hub

Japan (Kantō region)
Hachijō-jima — Hachijojima Airport
Tokyo — Haneda Airport — Hub
Narita International Airport — Hub

Japan (Kyūshū)
Fukuoka — Fukuoka Airport
Ishigaki — New Ishigaki Airport
Kagoshima — Kagoshima Airport
Kumamoto — Kumamoto Airport
Miyakojima — Miyako Airport
Miyazaki — Miyazaki Airport
Nagasaki — Nagasaki Airport
Okinawa — Naha Airport
Ōita — Oita Airport
Saga — Saga Airport
Tsushima Island — Tsushima Airport

Japan (Shikoku)
Kōchi — Kōchi Airport
Matsuyama — Matsuyama Airport
Takamatsu — Takamatsu Airport
Tokushima — Tokushima Airport

Japan (Tōhoku region)
Akita — Akita Airport
Aomori — Aomori Airport
Fukushima — Fukushima Airport
Odate — Odate-Noshiro Airport
Sendai — Sendai Airport
Shōnai — Shonai Airport